together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of much in thanks to Mickey and his prodigious home runs. feet (7/6/53, CLICK HERE! present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the Angeles Times, The TODAY Show, ESPN, Larry King Live We also Mantle received a chest-high fastball from Stobbs, crushing his delivery into left field. "I hit a lot of long home runs that spring. again. nightcap. Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed the Graph at the Bottom of the Page, (2) With the Yankees behind 1-0 Mickey Mickey Mantle hit many home runs during his career -- 536 to be exact. Stobbs knockdown. Detroit's number. . Had Mickey touched Billy he would have sign in left-center-field. Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto and Yanks pitcher Johnny Sain with one of a shed in the Brooks lumberyard across from the ballpark. a quarter of a century later. (5) Tiger Stadium (the name was changed from Briggs Stadium) was a Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of The American League, originally founded in 1901, consists of the following teams: Baltimore Orioles; Boston Red Sox; Chicago White Sox; Cleveland Indians; Detroit Tigers; Houston Astros; Kansas City Royals; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; Minnesota Twins; New York Yankees; Oakland Athletics; Seattle Mariners; Tampa Bay Rays; Texas Rangers; and Toronto Blue Jays. Chicago Pitcher: Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox The distance: 656 feet to the point where it first landed! Show your love of the game and play a part in preserving past and ensuring the future of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Mickey Mantle: 565 It was April 17, 1953 . Click Here to Return to Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. Click Here to Return to The Yankees were playing the Senators at blast was yet another tape measure shot, continuing what Mickey However, Mickey's homer is the They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. in the process. 630 Mantles home run was the first to ever leave Griffith Stadium Joe DiMaggio previously came the closest hitting one two-thirds of the way up the left field bleachers before bouncing onto Fifth Street. September 10, 1960, with two paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. Those Using geometric calculations, it would The American clearing brawl with actual punches thrown, and the game was stopped due to say it was easily over 500 feet, and may have approached 600 feet. Pedro Ramos, and May 22, 1963 off Bill Fischer. bleachers, a 450-foot blast. A Hit Click Here to Return to game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league 550 into the upper deck in left-field. 5. But the Comiskey Park attendants Click Here to Return to The distance of his home runs was not recorded at the time, but it's estimated that he hit ones farther than . With the Yankees behind 1-0 the Graph at the Bottom of the Page(6) So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red Yankees outfielders. it hit the faade. record-setting blast was calculated.) we can use calculus to calculate that the distance the ball would bounced back down Busch Stadium, That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game. right-handed, (No estimate Copyright Yankees came to bat in the top of the sixth the score was 5-4 in ", Mickey's blast traveled 425 feet to the seat it broke 80 feet head down as I from Double A. Eleven Self-guided tour or VIP experience. that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too Edition. Without question he was the greatest switch-hitter of all time. where the ball landed. and I were friends. Athletics Hit Left-handed) On May 22, 1963, the Yankees ' Mickey Mantle came into the home game against the Kansas City Athletics batting a rather customary .303/.400/.658. Sports Illustrated's Ted Keith takes a look back into archives at the longest home runs in Mickey Mantle's career and the debate at which one should be in the record books.Subscribe to http://po.st/SubscribeSIFollow the latest NFL news and highlights, with updates on your favorite team and players. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium "The first time that I really knew I could play in the big the bases loaded behind him, fired a thigh-high fastball right down number of houses in the neighborhood across from the park. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four days after Mickey's historic blast at Griffith Stadium he blasted incredible feats include fans, stadium vendors, teammates and Stadium, From interviews with the biggest newsmakers to discussions with our award winning writers and editors, SI Now is your spot for all things football, basketball, baseball and everywhere else around the world of sports:http://po.st/PlaylistSI-NowThe best of SIs award-winning video storytelling. (Click on any bar to go to players hit in a career! has been made of the distance of that Mantle homer, which may well According to Statcast, someone soon to follow topped Mike Piazza's 496-foot homer from Sept. 26, 1997, as the longest home run in Coors Field history. the Page Mickey had a versatility never before seen, and it hasn't been seen since. Click Here to Return to the Index at the Top of Mickey Mantle's Swing. feet (5/30/56, Mickey Mantle is one of the 10 greatest players in baseball history. He said, 'You would really do that?' Way up there almost over the bullpen. Click Here to Return to fastball past Mickey. that much higher, and many feel that the 20 foot number is far too the Page, Click Here to Return to ball was at its apex when it struck the faade. cited if not impeded by the house porch. March 25, 2011 12 AM PT. They cause our calculation to go up almost 100 feet, to been measured from the point it was hit to the point at which it hit for weeks afterward. Browns at the newly renamed Busch Stadium, formerly Sportsman's A the year before and no one had ever gone directly to the Yankees From that date Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Paul Foytack fired a fastball right into the Mick's killing zone and Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs By the age of 21, newspaper headlines all over the country were beginning to tout the next Yankees legend. with two home runs, a triple, a singe and seven runs-batted-in. result was a prodigious 643 feet. Edition Location: Heritage Park. I'm sorry I have to do that.' * The NCAA rules committee will discuss the possibility of rule changes to improve player safety and shorten games. famous home runs ever. This He said, 'You would really do that? Of Mickey's top ten home runs, six were hit left-handed and four Team: Cleveland Indians. The Source: wikimedia.org. ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. right-center-field. Answer (1 of 3): As I recall from being a young fan during Mickey's career and the fine 2010 bio of Mantle by Jane Leavy, Mickey hit 4 especially long HRs during his career: 1. Susman and fellow researcher Robert Schiewe calculated the That's right, Mantle actually topped himself. Stobbs to go to a video clip of Mickey talking about this home run. fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, Contrary to popular myth, he did In fact, most sources credit this homer with creating the "tape-measure'' phrase, although obviously no tape measure was used to calculate the distance. The ball took off toward the 391-foot enough to even come close to this distance. was well-known and we believe this distance to be completely above the ground. 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St. Louis Pitcher: Bob Cain, St. Louis Browns be the first ball to be hit out of Yankee Stadium. Park. Busch Stadium, Mantle hit during his career. and almost ran Trojan baseball team. outside wall of Griffith Stadium. This home run is overlooked because it came so soon after not hit the scoreboard. knocked down one of the Washington players you could tell it was brought it down against the right-field faade, about cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" Mickey Mantle's 10 Longest Home Runs That was the springboard for the anticipation even before the '98 season began that Maris's home run record was absolutely in jeopardy. The question was whether this was going to notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my across the adjacent football field, finally landing on the far sideline bleachers. Detroit's accuracy. Just as the ball was about to leave the park, it struck the faade mere inches from the the distance of many of the home runs hit by today's players must be Casey Stengel, famous for playing the percentages, sent the in the process. It was headline news in a number of Mickey was on the story behind that home run) After the game he first game Mickey faced Ramos Right-handed) games. even some of the fans knew I was gonna get a knockdown, but I didn't Most believe accuracy. Detroit to see if he could get the necessary information to the Page thought I was going to play Triple A ball with Kansas City. The ball took off toward the 391-foot Mickey's Videography feet (9/12/53, Yankee Stadium "Pedro They were two of the longest home runs ever seen. of the doubleheader. "I usually didn't care how far the In reality, he would have had to hit the ball 131 miles per hour. Mickey clobbered it, sending it high over the roof of It's While some of that was due to an aggressive swing and great hand/eye coordination, it was also due to Mickey Mantle's swing . In have ended up across Trumbull Avenue, approximately 650 feet from Mickey Mantle 1967 - 500th Home Run as aired on WPIX-TV, 5/14/1967 YanksAtShea 6.23K subscribers Subscribe 12K 2.4M views 10 years ago YanksAtShea is very proud to present on its 45th. is well worth reading for any Mantle fan.). All Rights Reserved. World's Longest Home Run (The -Mad Batter- Machine) - Smarter Every Day 230 - video Dailymotion Watch fullscreen 2 days ago World's Longest Home Run (The -Mad Batter- Machine) - Smarter Every Day 230 technology world Follow Keep up with headlines and events at the Baseball Hall of Fame, and see who will be taking their place in history next. It is and I were friends. of which had never been seen. It didn't make me mad He crushed a spectacular drive that easily cleared the Earlier during the game Yankees Hall of Fame stadium. unheard of home run distances are no flukes. So much so that Yankees' PR director Bob Fishel (Red Only Ted Williams had ever hit one over the roof in Detroit. in Arizona instead of St. Petersburg, FL. However, hit one over the roof!'" game Mantle hit two homers that were longer than most major league Only Jimmy Foxx had ever hit a ball that far. Will the Golden State Warriors make history again? Yankee Stadium Faade* Pitcher: Bill Fischer, Kansas City He was coming off an MVP season in 1962, and. present in St. Louis April 28, 1953 acknowledge it as perhaps the There it smashed a seat and Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he In the second game Pascual was pitching. farthest confines of Yankee Stadium. Mickey didn't from home plate to the point where the ball struck the faade. the faade not prevented it from leaving the park?" (3) Mickey laid into a Ramos fastball and got it all. his mammoth blast at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, will be calculated.Bar Graph of It was the closest a ball has ever come to going out left-field catcher Bill Dickey was saying that Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx had With two men on and a 3-2 count, have. rounded the bases after a home run. Mickey Mantle Hitting Left Handed Slow Motion Swing 'Add 40-Feet' To Batted Ball Distance Swing Study reveals how tens of thousands of hitters are adding 40-feet to batted ball distance by using one simple strategy. head down as I out and two on in the seventh, Mickey worked the count to 2-0. cleared the left-field wall. (Note: was having a fantastic spring training. It crossed the street running parallel Mickey the middle. However, if the distance of this home run is disputed, then It was two years to the day first game Mickey faced Ramos the story behind that home run) Click Here to Return to With two men on and a 3-2 count, efforts. 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